Operations

Hello and welcome to TPI! I’m Robert Kisabeth and I oversee all hotel, resort, and restaurant operations here at TPI Hospitality. This includes Hotel Management, Sales, Marketing, Revenue Management, Analysis, Engineering, and IT. We have a great team comprised of contributors who truly collaborate and support each other. Take a look at my team below.

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Joel Danko
Senior Vice President
Hotel Operations

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Joel Danko

SVP, Hotel Operations

Joel joined TPI Hospitality in 2018 as Senior VP of Hotel Operations. As a member of the Executive team, he is responsible for the strategic and day to day operations of 11 Marriott and Hilton hotels, representing $43 million in annual revenue.

Danko is a leader in the industry with a career that spans almost 30 years. Joel has a passion for serving others, which personifies itself in his award-winning property operations and Sales and Marketing teams. Danko has demonstrated a history of developing and implementing strategic goals, fostering teamwork, and service excellence in a variety of hotel models, including select service, extended stay, and full-service hotels. This background has given him a broad perspective on the Hospitality industry. His experience broadened with several years in the senior living industry, where he was part of developing senior living facilities that operated with a hospitality mindset.

Dennis Wallenta
Senior Vice President
Operations

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Dennis Wallenta

SVP, Operations

In his role, Dennis Wallenta is responsible for $48 million in annual revenues. He specifically has focused on streamlining operations to produce financially successful hotel and restaurant operations within across the organization. Wallenta fully understands the importance of profit across all sectors of the operation.

Wallenta’s career with TPI Hospitality spans three decades, including his twenty years serving in various executive-leadership positions, including his current position as Senior VP of Hotel Operations. Before joining TPI Hospitality Dennis served in a regional manager roll for American Hospitality Management Company with hotels in Kansas, Iowa and Minnesota.

Dennis has an extensive career in the hospitality industry and has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Hospitality Department at the Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson Kansas. Additionally, he has served on the MN Hotel and Lodging association subcommittees, the Buffalo Covenant Church Elder board and was on the board of the Willmar Rotary club. He has volunteered at the Special Olympics and enjoys contributing to his local community.

Joel Vogler
Senior Vice President
Operations

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Joel Vogler

SVP, Operations

In this role, Joel Vogler drives superior financial results by providing strategic and day-to-day operational guidance for a group of select service hotels generating over $40 million dollars in annual revenue.

Vogler has extensive experience in the opening of hotels from construction to operations across all major brands, including Marriott, Hilton, and IHG.

After graduating from University of Wisconsin-Stout, with a degree in Hospitality Management, Vogler learned the hospitality business from the ground up, starting his leadership career in the housekeeping department of a busy downtown convention hotel. He went on to serve in multiple leadership roles throughout his 30+ year, before moving into his current role as Senior VP of Operations with TPI Hospitality in 1999.

Dee Anne Osborne
Senior Vice President
Sales, Marketing, & Revenue Management

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Dee Anne Osborne

SVP, Sales & Marketing

In this role, Osborne is responsible for leading all revenue driven departments including sales, revenue management, ecommerce and distribution. Her focus is on creating business development strategies aimed at driving both revenue and market share across TPI’s growing portfolio of industry leading brands, generating over $130 million in top line revenue.

Osborne joined TPI Hospitality in 2013 as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing with over 30 years of hospitality experience, having held positions across multiple disciplines including sales and operations for select service hotels, full-service hotels and resort properties throughout her career. Previously, Osborne served as Regional VP of Sales and Marketing for Driftwood Hospitality, responsible for a diverse portfolio of hotels including the Flamingo Beach Resort in Costa Rico and Fiesta Resort in Phoenix AZ. Prior to that, she led the sales and marketing efforts for a Dallas based real estate investment company, responsible for the successful development and launch of a group of independent extended stay hotels. Osborne holds a Bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University.

Gene Lubbers
Director
Information Technologies

Gene Lubbers

Director, Information Technologies

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Nick LaPatka
Director
Business Analytics

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Nick LaPatka

Director, Business Analytics

Nick LaPatka is the Director of Business Analytics at TPI Hospitality, where he uses data-driven insights to optimize performance and guide strategic decisions across the company’s portfolio. With expertise in data visualization and forecasting, Nick transforms complex analytics into actionable solutions that drive operational efficiency. He is passionate about leveraging technology and business intelligence to achieve impactful results. Nick holds a Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics and is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas with degrees in Real Estate Studies and Entrepreneurship.

Chris Poletes
Director
Maintenance & Engineering

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Chris Poletes

Director, Maintenance & Engineering

Chris started his career in the construction and remodeling trade working on residential and multifamily buildings, primarily doing kitchens and bathrooms but at a young age transitioning into project supervising. This led him to multifamily and commercial facilities maintenance as a lead tech/coordinator managing a roving crew of 15 workers.

In 2010, he started in hospitality as a traveling site supervisor for a general contractor that did remodels on branded hotels including the Historic Renaissance Inn McAllen Texas (now the Casa De Palmas).

In 2012 Chris started with TPI as a Chief Engineer at Staybridge Suites Arbor Lakes then moved to be Chief and assist in the opening of the AC Hotel West End in 2017.

In 2019, he was offered the opportunity to be become the Director of Facilities Maintenance with TPI Hospitality.

Chris’ current role consists of mentoring engineers, the development of the maintenance departments, assisting with capitol budgeting and execution, communicating with the SVPs and C-suite on all things related to maintenance, interviewing potential chief engineer candidates, and ensuring purchases and services rendered are in line with budgets, along with a host of other responsibilities.

Toni Stanton
Director
Maintenance & Engineering

Toni Stanton

Director, Maintenance & Engineering

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